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ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Main Issues ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Requirement to pay fees ............................................................................................................... 3 Constitutional requirements ......................................................................................................... 3 Delegated Legislation .................................................................................................................... 4 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4 Committee referral ........................................................................................................................ 4 Position of industry groups ................................................................................................................. 6 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 6

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 3 Commencement dates .................................................................................................................. 3 Operation of this Bill ...................................................................................................................... 4 Exception—Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 ................................... 5 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 6 Senate Selection of Bills Committee ........................................................................................

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011 ............................. 3 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 4 Senate Selection of Bills Committee ........................................................................................ 4 Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills ............................................................... 4 Senate Economics Legislation

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Current system for registering business names ................................................................................. 4 Policy commitment ............................................................................................................................. 4 Referral of state and territory powers ..................................................................................................... 6 Committee consideration ........................................................................................................................ 7 Opinions of other groups ......................................................................................................................... 9 Major interest groups ......................................................................................................................... 9

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliamentof Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 3 Provisions ................................................................................................................................................. 4 BILLS DIGEST NO. 8, 2011-12 5 July 2011 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011 Moira Coombs Law and Bills Digest Section 2 Offshore Petroleum

    ISSN 1328‐8091  Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 40, 2010-11  15 November 2010 Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation  Amendment Bill 2010  Carol Kempner  Social Policy Section  Contents  Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2  Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2  The Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 ................................................................... 2  Government responses to problems in the international education sector ...................................... 3  Baird Review amendments take a new regulatory approach ............................................................ 5  Committee consideration ................................................................................................................... 7  Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 7  Main issues ............................................................................................................................................... 8  The proposed Risk Management Model............................................................................................. 8  Issues ............................................................................................................................................. 9  The proposed Overseas Students Ombudsman ................................................................................. 9  Comment ..................................................................................................................................... 12  Key provisions ........................................................................................................................................ 14  Concluding comments ........................................................................................................................... 16      2  Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment Bill 2010       Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment  Bill 2010  Date introduced:  27 October 2010  House:  Senate  Portfolio:  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations  Commencement:  Sections 1-3 on the day of Royal Assent and Schedules 1 and 2 the later  of the day after Royal Assent or 1 January 2011.  Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on  the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can  be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/.   Purpose  The Bill would amend the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (ESOS Act) to 

Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services Parliamentary Library Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament BILLS DIGEST www.aph.gov.au/library 2 February 2010, no. 93, 2009-10, ISSN 1328-8091 Do Not Call Register Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 Mary Anne Neilsen Law and Bills Digest Section Contents Purpose ........................................................................................................................................ 2  Background ................................................................................................................................. 2